Re: [PATCH net v2 0/4] net: add and use rx_nohandler stat counter

From: Jarod Wilson <redacted>
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:49:44 -0500

The network core tries to keep track of dropped packets, but some packets
you wouldn't really call dropped, so much as intentionally ignored, under
certain circumstances. One such case is that of bonding and team device
slaves that are currently inactive. Their respective rx_handler functions
return RX_HANDLER_EXACT (the only places in the kernel that return that),
which ends up tracking into the network core's __netif_receive_skb_core()
function's drop path, with no pt_prev set. On a noisy network, this can
result in a very rapidly incrementing rx_dropped counter, not only on the
inactive slave(s), but also on the master device, such as the following:

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Both my inbox and patchwork only show patch 2, 3, and 4.  Where is #1?

Thanks.